Mail-bag deliverer and catcher.



w. H. ROGEBS. I MAIL BAG DIELIVEBEB AND GATOHEB. I

APPLICATION IILED JUNE 20, 1908.

amen? V I Patented Sept. 22, 1908 NITED 's'rn'rns PATENT omoa WILLL-UIH. ROGERS, OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE.

MAIIPIB AG DELIVERER AND CA-TCHIIJR.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that. I, WiLLuu I-l. Romans,

a citizen of the'United States of America, and a resident of LookoutMountain, county of Hamilton, State of Tennessee, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Mail-Bag Deliver-ens and Catchers, ofwhich the following is a full and clear specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a. )lan viewpartly in section of the grab-hook; l ig. 2 is a plan View partly insection of the pouch-receiver adapted to be mounted on the roadbed; Fig.3 is a section through the line 3-3 of Fig; 1.

This inventionhas s ecial reference to that class of mail bag de iveringand receiving devices covered by my former patent N 0. 882,345, datedMarch 17, 1908, and the object of the present invention is to improveand simplify the grab-hook on the car and to provide simple-andpractical means for'preventing the pouch rebounding out of the hook orreceiver on the roadbed, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Iteferring 'to the drawings b reference characters, (l designates one othe doorposts of the car to which is attached a suitable bearing 1) inwhich is journaled the stubsh aft 0 of the grab-hook or receiver, thisshaft being detachably held in its bearing by a thole-pin (Z. Theforward end of the shaft is provided with a right angle offsetting arm eto the outer end of which is attached the two arms f and g forming themouth of the hook,'

the arms flaring outwardly in the usual manner and the inner arm beingprovided with a suit able handle 71 for turning the horizontal shaft 0in its bearing.

\Vith the above construction it will be observed that when the grab-hookis swung upwardly and outwardly into operative posi tion it will standaway from the side of the car sulliciently to prevent the pouch strikingthe car when it is received in the hook, and also that when the deviceis released from the hand of the operator it will swing downwardly andlie closeto the side of the car out of the way. 1

To prevent the bag rebounding out of the Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

hook I provide a spring catch and attach the same to the inner face ofone'of the armsf org. This sprm consists of a straight portion a lyingsnug y in a longitudinal groove formed in the inner face of the arm andhaving its forward end extendin through a hole in the arm and threadedfor the reception of a clamp nut 7', whereby the arm is rigidly butremovably fastened in place. The rear end of the arm is bent outwardlyand rearwardly and then inwardly, forming a latch-like shoulder kextending partly across the throat of the hook at a. suitable distancefrom its crotch. The inwardly extending portion 1 extends looselythrough a transverse hole in the arm and is formed at its innerextremity into a ring or hook m.

It will be observed that when a pouch passes into the crotch of the hookit will force back the latch until it has passed the same whereupon thelatch will spring outwardly and form an abutment which Wlll prevent thepouch rebounding out of the hook. When the pouch is to be removed fromthe hook the catch is drawn back by means of the finger-ring in. Byembedding the front portion of the s )ringin a groove in the arm it willbe observed that I avoid cutting or scoring the pouch as it passes intothe crotch of the hook while at the same time ample length of spring isobtained to insure the necessary resilience. The screw also enables thespring to be locked rigidly in place with but a single bolt withoutinterfering with its resilience.

In Fig. 2 I show the a plication of my spring catch to the doub ereceiving-hoo mounted on the roadway. In this receiver I prefer using apair of the hooks in each receiving crotch.

v transversely Having thus fully described my invention,

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transversely bent end, the rear end of said this 15th day of June, 1908.latch inclining rear-wardly and outwardly into the throat of thereceiver and being turned- AM O 5 baek through atransverseholeinthe arm,the VVitnesse-sz' .7 extremity being provided with p finger-hold. J. L.SMITH,

- In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my I WEBSTER WILBUR.

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'versely through the armQa clamp nut on this signature in the'preseneeof two witnesses

